Slovenia
The Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia
The Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia was founded on March 1, 1992 and conducts its business as a public institute, bound by statute to provide compulsory health insurance.
The Institute's principal task is to provide effective collection and distribution (allocation) of public funds, in order to ensure the insured persons quality rights arising from the said funds. The rights arising from compulsory health insurance, furnished by the funds collected by means of compulsory insurance contributions, comprise the rights to health care services and rights to several financial benefits (sick leave pay, reimbursement of travel costs and funeral costs, and insurance money paid in case of death).
The Institute is governed by an Assembly, whose members are the (elected) representatives of employers (including the representatives of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia) and employees. The executive body of the Assembly is the Institute Board of Directors.
In 2008, the total Institute expenditure in the realisation of the compulsory health insurance was approximately 2,21 billion EUR. This amount refers to the expenditure of (public) funds, collected on the basis of contributions paid by employers and employees, and by several other categories of contributors.
The Commission for the Prevention of Corruption
The Commission for the Prevention of Corruption was established on 1 October 2004 as an independent state authority and operates as a collegiate body across three specific sectors:
- Prevention of Conflict of interests
- Integrity
- Prevention.
Key areas of responsibility include:
- Implementing the resolution on the prevention of corruption as regards to the identification and elimination of grounds for corruption.
- Developing plans for ensuring integrity in the public and private sectors and ensuring their implementation.
- Establishing basic rules relating to incompatibility of public office where there is profitable activity office holders.
- Supervision of rules regarding the receiving of gifts relating to office.
- Supervision of the financial situation of officials and contracting authorities under the regulations on public procurement with business entities where an official or family member is involved.
- Monitoring and analysing statistical information in regards to corruption in the Republic of Slovenia.
- Cooperating with appropriate public authorities to draft and coordinate regulations relating to the prevention of corruption.
The Commission is responsible for undertaking all activities related to elimination of corruption in both the public and private sectors. It also works with related bodies in other countries, international integration bodies and international non-governmental organisations.
Vzajemna
Vzajemna is the first and the largest voluntary health insurance company in Slovenia.
It was established on November 1, 1999 as a result of legal requirements for separating Voluntary Health Insurance and Compulsory Health Insurance. Today, Vzajemna already has over a million subscribers, and annual premium income of approximately EUR 233 million. The name Vzajemna (i. e. mutuality) drives from its basic operating principle, mutuality, which represents the oldest principle and form of organization in the insurance marketplace.
Based on the principles of mutuality and long-term health security, Vzajemna facilitates timely and high-quality healthcare services for its subscriber members. The main objective of Vzajemna is to look after the interests of its subscribers who are also its members, and to provide them with long-term and stable personal healthcare security. Vzajemna is a mutual insurance company, and therefore financial profit is not its main business or organizational goal. The total surplus accumulated by Vzajemna is intended for the benefit of its subscribers in the form of periodic bonus distributions, and for creating reserve funds to ensure Vzajemna's stable business operations and solvency on a long-term basis.
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